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Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonA Genre Study of Letters With The Jolly Postman
Students read The Jolly Postman, in which a postman delivers letters to storybook characters. They explore different types of mail and categorize letters from the book and their own mail.

Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Recurring LessonA Journal for Corduroy: Responding to Literature
Connect home and school, literature and life, as students take a storybook character home with them and take turns writing stories about his visit.

Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonAmelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story
Through a close reading of Amelia Bedelia, students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonAmerican Folklore: A Jigsaw Character Study
Groups of students read and discuss American folklore stories, each group reading a different story. Using a jigsaw strategy, the groups compare character traits and main plot points of the stories. A diverse selection of American folk tales is used for this lesson, which is adaptable to any text set.

Classroom Resources | Grades 4 – 8 | Lesson Plan | UnitAnalyzing How Narrative Structure Generates Empathy in Wonder
This lesson builds students' understanding of empathy by defining key terms and comparing responses to characters when they are introduced by someone else, and then when they narrate the story themselves.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonAuthoring an Epilogue That Helps Our Characters Live On
This lesson uses One Green Apple by Eve Bunting to teach how characters change across a text. It will also guide students through writing an epilogue to accompany their independent book.

Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonBook Report Alternative: Rewind the Plot!
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices by rewinding the plot.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonBook Report Alternative: The Elements of Fiction
Students identify the elements of fiction in a book they have read and share summaries of them by writing and illustrating their own mini-book.

Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | UnitBoys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
In this lesson designed especially for boys, students read a work of realistic fiction and get to know courageous male characters through writing, Internet activities, and discussion.